Curtain and shade fixture.



No. 665,293. Patnted Jan. I, l90l. J. F. WILLIAMS.

CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFICE.

JAMES F. WILLIAMS, OF BEDFORD, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JAMES OGONNELL, OF SAME PLACE.

CURTAIN AND SHADE FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 665,293, dated January 1, 1901. Application filed August 26,1899. Serial No. 728,577. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES F. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bedford, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Curtain and Shade Fixture, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to shade and lacecurtain fixtures for windows, and has for its object to provide an improved adjustable fixture capable of attachment to window-casings of differentwidths and arranged to support the shade-roller and curtain-pole.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improved construction, arrangement, and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention most nearly appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View illustrating the practical application of my invention, the lace curtain and holders being omitted in order to properly illustrate the shade and roller. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the invention, the window-casing being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, on an enlarged scale, of one of the ends of the fixture with the curtain pole and shade in position, but broken away. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of one of the curtain-holders on a fragment of the pole.

Like letters of reference indicate the same parts wherever they appear in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letters, A A indicate the two sides of the window-casing, B B two blocks of wood, and G O the two end fixtures. These fixtures are composed of strips of sheet metal, the ends D of which are bent, at an angle and provided withtangs D for engaging with the ends of the blocks of wood B and B, respectively. The main portion of each of the strips is cut out or slotted longitudinally, as shown at E, and the sides of the strips are secured to the outer surface of the wood blocks in any suitable manner.

The portion of the strip that is cut out at one end to form the slot is bent outward at right angles to form a bracket E, the outer end of which is provided with a round hole G for the reception of the curtain-pole. The strips are secured to the face of the blocks in any suitable manner, as by nails or screws, as shown in the drawings. In the slots are slidably mounted the shade-roller bracket-s H, one having a round opening and the other a vertical slot, as usual in such brackets, to 'receive the pinties of an ordinary spring shade-roller I, carrying a shade J. These brackets H may be provided with a suitable lug extending from the base to catch under the sides of the slot in the base-plate, as is obvious.

The brackets H are retained in the slots in any suitable manneras, forinstance, by cutting away the outer surface of the block of wood, as shown at S, and letting the sides of the strip overhang sufficiently to engage with the base or lugs of the bracket and retain it in position.

The shade-roller brackets are inside of the curtain-pole brackets, the latter being longer than the former in order to mount the curtain-rod in a vertical plane inside of that of the shade-roller, so that the shade will hang next to the window-sash.

K indicates one of the holders or hangers for supporting the lace curtain N, said holder being substantially in the form of tongs with curved jaws M to fit around the pole and clamp the upper edge of the curtain N, the jaws being formed with handles 0, held normally open, with the jaws closed by means of a spring P between the handles.

To put the fixtures in place, the end fixtu res are secu red to the window-casings A A by forcing the tangs D into the outside surfaces thereof, being held in position therein by the force of a spring Q, secured at its ends in eyes R in the inner ends of the wooden blocks B B. The shade-roller brackets are next adjusted in the slots to fit the roller, the roller placed therein, the curtain-pole, with the holders on it, passed into the curtain-pole brackets, and the curtain secured in the holders.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided an improved fixture which fulfils all of the objects of the invention as hereinbefore set forth, is simple and cheap to construct, easy to place in position, and durable and reliable in action.

WhileIhaveillustrated and described what I consider to be the best means now known to me for carrying out myinvention, Ido not wish to be understood as restricting myself to the exact forms of construction shown, as many slight changes therein or variations therefrom might suggest themselves to the ordinary mechanic,all of which would be clearly included within the limit and scope of my in vention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. In a curtain and shade fixture, the combination, with the blocks and a .contractile spring connecting. said blocks, of a metallic sheet secured to each block, one end of each sheet being bent at an angle to fit over the end of the block and provided with integral prongs for engaging with the window-casing,- the other end of the sheet being slotted longitudinally and having a portion of the metal from the slot bent outwardly at right angles thereto and perforated to form a pole-support, and a shade-bracket slidably mounted in the slotted portion of the sheet.

2. The end fixture herein described comprising a block of Wood and the attached metal sheet, the latter slotted in its face to slidably hold a roller-bracket and provided with a bracket formed of the metal bent out of the slot, and a transverse end flange provided with inwardly-pointed tangs, substantially as described.

JAMES F. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

S. Iv J UDAH, J. F. GAINEY. 

